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with my digits I can count 11 shells, as I have 11 digits.
Helmut
Helmut "Helix" Nisters
private:
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
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Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
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> ">As to why five digits prevails among vertebrates, they are to help you
> count your shell collection."
>
> The Bower Bird collects snail shells to attract his mate to his nest, but
> alas has no fingers with which to count his shells. (:-(
>
> Peter Egerton
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> Peter Egerton, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> Collector of worldwide Mollusca, lifetime student
> of zoology and computers.
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> Step into my website:
> http://www.intergate.ca/personal/seashell/index.html
> (includes "Seashells of British Columbia", links and my resume)
> -Links to add, remove, alter? Just ask!
> -This is an on-going project.
> -Suggestions always welcome :-)
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